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Did everyone also notice that in each of the reports Penicillin and Erythromycin are resistant. Just goes to show that overuse of antibiotics can spell trouble as these two were some of the most often prescribed by doctors for humans at least 20 years ago that I remember.

Thank you for the links. It has been very informative. After reading them I got to thinking. Since she ran both chickens and cattle that perhaps when we were talking about the chickens and feed that she may have mixed the two up (innocent mistake if that's what happened as she was getting ready...

That was very enlightening.

Good article. Thanks for finding that.

You're not wrong. That's why I was very surprised when she told me that. As far as I knew it hasn't been used and has been discontinued for decades. Makes me wonder what the "real" truth is. Perhaps she was mistaken when she told me that.

They were meat birds. It is also my understanding that things have also change a little in the past decade. To be fair, while steroids and antibiotics were in the feed (regardless of what is told to the public) back then - according the owner - there have been some changes. The houses had to...

I wish I knew for sure. The owner just said steroids and antibiotics for fast growth and less dead losses. She actually lives 1/2 mile away from the houses and hasn't been around since they stopped running chickens (2001). She still owns the houses but rents them out to a nearby cattle farmer...

This has been an interesting topic to read so far. Lots of individuals with well thought out opinions. Ah, the miracles of modern medicines and antibiotics that has helped so many. Yet the overuse of said antibiotics also causing equal harm. Not to mention which one to use for which illness(es)...